I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN! “The Old Man’s Nova” is at

Time for a little history.

My very first car that I drove to High School was a 1971 Nova. A 6cyl PowerGlide car, light green with green interior. I paid $150 for it, after staring at it each day on the school bus as I rode past it rotting away in a driveway.

Unfortunately, my youth and ignorance ultimately destroyed the car. I ended up scrapping it and parting it out because I couldn’t afford to fix the body.

Vicki and I bought a 1978 Malibu, that Vicki drove daily back in 1991. But, its original 305 had lifter problems, valve seal problems, and a tremendous lack of power.

2-3 years later, I began to really miss my Nova, and Vicki was interested in something more suitable to winter weather. So she ended up with a 4x4 S-10 Blazer, and we traded her mint 78 Malibu for the Nova I own today as a roller.

I fixed it up the best I could with the help of friends and family. But once Vicki and I had Billy in 1996, we had purchased our first house and money was extremely tight.

I raced the Nova for over 10 years but it never got the attention it deserved. The body began to fall apart, and I couldn’t stand to look at it.

We’ve brought it back to life a couple times as a test bed for engines and different combinations, but for the most part it’s been left parked out back under the lean to behind the barn.

I was shocked to learn, my kids had a plan to take it to ‪@HouseofPearls‬ this week.

Hope you enjoy this and be on the lookout for Billy’s video on ‪@StreetRacingChannel‬